Final Exam Steps: Three Media & Blogpost!
- Big Nerd
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 29
Here we are, my Nerdlings! All ready to button up the year. For this last assignment, you will practice some 21st century writing. Let's "Postmodernize" a work from one of the Literary Traditions we've studied this year!
That means, DIGITAL PUBLISHING.
How do you "POSTMODERNIZE" your selected Literary Tradition source if it is Anglo-Saxon literature & Beowulf? or if it is Romantic Literature & Frankenstein? or if it is Medieval literature & Canterbury Tales?
Find quotes from your source that embody the literary tradition they are from.
Name the elements the quotes represent, & L2 analyze them.
Describe how the meaning, effect, and purpose could be transformed - "Postmodernized" - by analyzing the original traits through the lens of Postmodern qualities. Check out Ima Nerd's model for some inspiration.
Using your Literary Tradition source and details from your 3 posts, go to the Forum (at the bottom of the Home page) to write a blog post for your Final Exam.
It's an argument about the three works you selected for commenting here, your evidence from your Literary Tradition source, and your content from external sources.
You may want to compose on a Google doc to spell-check, etc. Be aware: if you produce your post on a Google doc, you might have to re-link and reload images & stuff to publish it as a blog post on the Forum.
After you publish on the Forum, upload your complete blogpost to Canvas in the "Final Exam Submission Container." This is where Big Nerd will score and award you credit.
To Submit this work on Canvas, you have TWO upload options:
1. Upload a Google Doc to Canvas with all digital media intact, then
2. Directly link to your blogpost here in the Forum to Canvas (click the snowman on this site & "share post" for a live link).
Now for the Final Exam Info:
Compose a blog post analysis (in the Forum) of Postmodernism using your three selections...
For detailed instructions, click on the Printarius image. Otherwise, begin blogging by clicking the light red button beneath the floating corgi: "Create New Post."
Want some guidance organizing your blogpost into a coherent argument? Check out Ima Nerd's Model-Template:
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